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Royals rally, then hold on to beat Dodgers

Glendale, Ariz.  Kansas City manager Ned Yost isn’t rushing to judgment on the Royals despite liking what he sees so far.

Brett Carroll’s sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run, and Kila Ka’aihue added a three-run homer in the eighth inning, rallying Kansas City to an 11-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

The Royals overcame a three-run deficit and then blew a two-run lead before improving to 3-1 this spring.

“The trap you fall into in spring training is when somebody has a good day, you get high. When somebody has a bad day, you get low,” Yost said. “You can’t do that. We evaluate the whole spring.”

Ka’aihue homered for the first time this spring, sending a 3-2 pitch from Luis Vasquez to left-center. Joaquin Arias added a two-run shot in the ninth as Kansas City rapped out 13 hits.